Thursday, March 16, 2017

Unit 4. Communication. Vocabulary, homophones and more.

HOMOPHONES: sound alike, write different
Eight- ate
Sail – sale
Buy – by
Some – sum
Deer – dear
Whether – weather
Flour – flower
Which – witch
Hear – here
Too – two
Our – hour
Cereal – serial
Knew – new
One – won
Knight – night
Weight – wait
Right - write
Were – where
Staff - stuff


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Word
Meaning
The spruce tree


Spruce up
Smarten.
A new, trendy pair of shoes can really spruce up last year's fashion.
Bruise
mark on body
Briefcase
carrying case for documents
Miisundernstandings
bad communication, not interpret correctly.
Gesture
Movements with hands, body
Gap
opening, break
Burst out laughing
Start laughing suddenly
Swipe
Insert in a card reader
Unplug
disconnect
Warn
Advise
Spread news
expand
Hit
The drummer hit the top with a stick.
Squeeze
They also squeeze the strings between their arms.
Nod (your head)
head gesture: yes
Shake (your head)
move

EXPRESSIONS
I´m looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Can´t wait to see you.

Best regards.

See you soon!  / Seeya!

Big hug!

Hugs!


Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Geography. Unit 2. Economy. Vocabulary.

WORD OR EXPRESSION
DEFINITION
Demand
The amount of a product or service that consumers purchase at a specified price.
Economic goods
Products and services generated by economic activity.
Emerging country
Country with a developing economy.
Entrepreneur
People who combine labor, land and capital resources to start businesses.
Hire
engage services of [sb]
The company hired one hundred workers for the bridge. 
Income
Personal earnings
mankind
Humanity
Multinational
Company that act outside of their country of origin and are present in many other countries.
Oversee
Supervise
Ownership
Being owner.
Plentiful
Abundant
Profit
Benefit
raw
unprocessed, pure
risk
Hazard, degree of danger
Scare
Few, lacking.
Services
Activities carried out by humans to benefit society (education, healthcare…).
Supply
The amount of a product that producers offer for sale at a price.
The break up
disintegrate, separate
tides
ocean current
Wage
Payment
Well-being
health, happiness
widespread
covering large area

PRIMARY SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
Wheat
  
Barley
 
Sugar beet


FISHING IN SPAIN
Hake
 


Whiting
 


Cuttle fish
 

Mussels
 

King prawn
 

Prawn
 

Spider crab